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1. (机器的)轴，心轴
A spindle is a rod in a machine, around which another part of the machine turns.
2. (手纺用的)绕线杆
A spindle is a pointed rod which you use when you are spinning wool by hand. You twist the wool with the spindle to make it into a thread.
1. any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
e.g. the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order
Synonym: spike
2. a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
3. any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
4. a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe
used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
5. (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division
the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
e.g. chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis